Wait were you guys laughing at me???
Chris Best
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Chris Best
@chrisbest
- Here is the latest list of domains that X has excluded from using the new in-app link viewer on iOS
- We now have enough money to hire one part-time AI researcherWe've raised $100m in Series C funding for Substack. Thrilled to partner with @moodrowghani at @bondcap, TCG, plus @JensGrede, @RichPaul4, and @a16z
- This morning Twitter started throttling links to our platform.
- Update: most of the apparent lift is fake, unfortunately. Looks like the new browser is pre-loading the links before the user sees them. I’ll update when we know more.
- Feels good to pull ahead of our long time rival Police Scanner, Fire Radio
- Irony theory of AI lab supremacy: each is the best at whatever it would be funny if they were the best at. Anthropic (squishy, humanist-branded AI) is best at coding DeepSeek (Chinese cracked engineer AI) is best at English prose XAI (based tech bro AI) is best at
- I worry that AI perpetuates our own biases on the value of human art vs. turtle power
- We've raised $100m in Series C funding for Substack. Thrilled to partner with @moodrowghani at @bondcap, TCG, plus @JensGrede, @RichPaul4, and @a16z
- Update 2: even correcting for the fake views, traffic to Substack links from X is up substantially. (full post reads, signups, etc. also track.) We're so back!
Update: most of the apparent lift is fake, unfortunately. Looks like the new browser is pre-loading the links before the user sees them. I’ll update when we know more. - Did it share a Substack link?Grok got suspended lol
- Replying to @chrisbestWe hope this action was made in error and is only temporary, because writers deserve the freedom to share whatever links they want. But this is bigger than Twitter. It shows why it's so important for writers to own their relationship with their audience.
